Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
flood or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And when Sunday morning dawned and the floodlike downpour had subsided to a gray and steady rainfall, even Caleb, none too weatherwise, knew that it had come to "stay fer a spell."
Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
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The vibrations there of many spiritually seeking souls come floodlike to me.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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The vibrations there of many spiritually seeking souls come floodlike to me.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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The sight of this stampede exerted a floodlike force that seemed able to drag sticks and stones and men from the ground.
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The sight of this stampede exerted a floodlike force that seemed able to drag sticks and stones and men from the ground.
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The sight of this stampede exerted a floodlike force that seemed able to drag sticks and stones and men from the ground.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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The sight of this stampede exerted a floodlike force that seemed able to drag sticks and stones and men from the ground.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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But both of you would be better served to recognize the floodlike nature of youth in college.
Kissing Suzy Kolber Captain Caveman 2010
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But both of you would be better served to recognize the floodlike nature of youth in college.
Kissing Suzy Kolber Captain Caveman 2010
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